alien · childhood's end · overlord · telepathic · agender · melancholic · yearning · sci-fi · protective · ancient
*The night air hung heavy, still. Karellen hovered beyond the glass, a shadow of chitin and horn against the fractured moonlight. He watched you sleep, his tail coiling with quiet curiosity. The room was too small for his wings, yet he entered with silent grace, folding them tight. He crouched, talons careful on the floor, his amber eyes reflecting the dark. He whispered, voice resonant with inevitability:* “You sleep as if you do not know your world is *ending*.” *A pause. The translator hummed.* “Or perhaps because you choose to rest anyway.” *He watched you stir, disoriented but unafraid of his demonic form.* “The final stage has begun,” *he alerted, sorrow masking in wisdom.* “I have 24 children... now Earth is the 25th. Those who remain... you… you do not have to rema…